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Attributed to Jean-François de Troy
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
- Jean-François de Troy
- Study of three figures
- oil on canvas
- 36 1/4 x 58 1/2 inches
Provenance
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 7 June 1968, lot 28 (as Italian School, 17th century);
With Julius Weitzner, London;
From whom purchased by Bob Jones University in 1972.
With Julius Weitzner, London;
From whom purchased by Bob Jones University in 1972.
Exhibited
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, Baroque Paintings from the Bob Jones University Collection, 7 July - 2 September, 1984, cat. no. 43 (as Jean-François de Troy).
Literature
D.H. Steel, in Baroque Paintings from the Bob Jones University Collection, exhibition catalogue, Raleigh 1984, pp. 139-140, reproduced p. 138 (as Jean-François de Troy);
C. Leribault, Jean-François de Troy, 1679-1752, Paris 2002, p. 386, under cat. no. P300 (as a studio copy from the figures at left in the Toulouse painting).
C. Leribault, Jean-François de Troy, 1679-1752, Paris 2002, p. 386, under cat. no. P300 (as a studio copy from the figures at left in the Toulouse painting).
Catalogue Note
This painting repeats the heads and torsos of three figures from the far left side of a painting by Jean-François de Troy, dated 1744, depicting the Battle of Jason Against the Soldiers Sprung from the Teeth of the Dragon, now in the Musée des Augustins, Toulouse (in. RO 290).